How does having or not having power influence Individuals in Macbeth

When they gain power, some characters use it for wrong purposes. For them, power brings nothing good, and they are better off without it.

Explanation:

It is well known that one of the main themes in Macbeth is power and ambition to gain it - this is primarily demonstrated in the character of Macbeth himself, but also in other characters.

At the beginning of the play, it seems that Macbeth does not have much power - in fact, it is his wife that has power over his life. Lady Macbeth is the one that persuades him that he must become a king at all cost, and puts him under pressure to kill King Duncan. Lady Macbeth is, at least at the play's beginning, presented as one of Shakespeare's strongest female heroines. Macbeth blindly follows her instructions, even though he might find them wrong.

Moreover, the Three witches also have power over Macbeth's life - through their prophecies, they directly influence Macbeth's actions. Even when Macbeth does gain power and become a king, he is consumed by guilt which leads to his downfall. Macbeth's power, therefore, becomes his weakness. He feels guilty, hallucinates, and eventually loses his power and dies. This is what happens with Lady Macbeth - she takes her own life when she sees the extent of her and Macbeth's wrongdoings.

Other characters in the play, such as Macduff or Malcolm, use power for different reasons - they have noble intentions and are modest in their attempt to gain power. Macduff uses his power only when he has no other choice. When his wife and children are murdered, his power is his main tool to revenge them. It is easy to see how these characters use power for different purposes.

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divided into 12 districts, ruled by an oppressive government located at the  capitol. katniss everdeen, a 16-year-old girl from district 12, takes her younger sister’s place as one of 24 “tributes” selected every year to participate in the hunger games at the capitol.

while i found this book absolutely enthralling, i was surprised it was aimed at an audience of young adults. it seems extremely intense for anyone younger than 16 or 17. for example, there is a scene where one young tribute is slowly eaten alive by wolf-like creatures all night long, and katniss has to finally throw a weapon at him to end his misery. i found this a little too disturbing when i considered the age of the character.

the intensity of the action was something one would find in a more mature book, but the age of the characters and the simplicity of the prose were aimed at a much younger audience. in addition, this book was written in present tense, which i found annoying, but that’s more of a personal preference than a stylistic fault. it was also edited somewhat poorly, but that rarely distracted from the plot. for example, the author often spoke in sentence fragments to describe how katniss felt, which might have been an attempt to reflect on her thought process, but i found it disorienting to read a lot of really short sentences all together. it would have been better to vary the sentence length on occasion, but the story was still coherently.

overall,  the hunger games  was an excellent, enthralling read that i highly recommend. if it was more clearly marked for older teens, it would have been better, but it was a fantastic book with a wonderfully creative plot.

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